Everybody did at least a little sledding today. Chase did a lot. I wish I had video of that but neither of us parents was able to go. Neighbors graciously agreed to take her along. And I’m glad that she didn’t miss out. I couldn’t take the mommy guilt. My poor little brain just couldn’t possibly handle it right now. It’s kind of funny but I’m getting a little bit worried about just how broken my brain seems to be at the moment.

In the last 24 hours I’ve put metal in the microwave, tried desperately to turn off the over the stove fan by pressing the wrong button repeatedly and again tried to lower the volume on my computer also by pressing the wrong button repeatedly all the while wondering why it’s not working. Sometimes I attribute the absent mindedness to constantly moving at the speed of light but I really don’t like the way this is going right now.

I have a little video of Avery trying out the sled. I didn’t get out the flying saucer today only the toboggan. The snow was so compact that I was afraid we’d have sledding a la National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (which, incidentally, is 100 times funnier on video than on tv. I totally forgot how much they edit out). Anyway, here it is. It seems that no matter how big Avery gets Chase wants her to do more faster. I don’t think there will be much snow left for sledding tomorrow but we’re supposed to get more on Friday. Stay tuned…

I totally have mommy brain as well, although I worry that I might never get my old capacities back. Maybe this is just part of aging? …or not working in an intellectually stimulating environment anymore? I have spent the last nearly 6 years either pregnant or nursing with only a brief break between the two so between pregnancy brain and nursing brain, it is hard to remember that I was once smarter. Today and yesterday I have noticed that I have lost my ability to spell words without spell checker underlining words for me. I used to win spelling bees, which I would now lose badly!